by André Gide · Alianza Editorial, Club Internacional del libro nº 48, 1984, Madrid. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420692357
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«Isabel» is the novel by André Gide, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (160 pages, in Spanish).
The action takes place in a ruined castle inhabited by a mad nobleman, an elderly professor absorbed in manuscripts, and a young man marked by his origins. With an oppressive and decadent atmosphere, the novel blends mystery with family secrets and the search for truth.
This edition belongs to the Biblioteca Fundamental de nuestro tiempo collection, number 48, published by Alianza Editorial and the Club Internacional del Libro in Madrid (1984).
For readers of classic European fiction, especially those who enjoy short novels with a mysterious and decadent atmosphere.
André Paul Guillaume Gide was a French author whose writing spanned a wide variety of styles and topics. He was awarded the 1947 Nobel Prize in Literature. Gide's career ranged from his beginnings in the symbolist movement to criticising imperialism between the two World Wars. Author of more than 50 books, he was described in his New York Times obituary as "France's greatest contemporary man of letters" and "judged the greatest French writer of this century by the literary cognoscenti."
